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American Rose: A Nation Laid Bare: The Life and Times of Gypsy Rose Lee

by Karen Abbott

Published: 2012-03-13

Paperback: 448 pages

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAmerica was flying high in the Roaring Twenties. Then, almost overnight, the Great Depression brought it crashing down. When the dust settled, people were primed for a star who could distract them from reality. Enter Gypsy Rose Lee, a strutting, bawdy, erudite stri...

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American Rust

by Philipp Meyer

Published: 2010-03-04

Paperback: 384 pages

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Set in a beautiful but dying Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation that arises from its loss. It is the story of two young men bound to the town by family, responsibility, inertia and the beauty around them who dream of a future be...

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American Rust: A Novel

by Philipp Meyer

Published: 2010-01-12

Paperback: 400 pages

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The debut novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The SonSet in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation—as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love—that arise from i...

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American Salvage (Made in Michigan Writers Series)

by Bonnie Jo Campbell

Published: 2009-12-21

Hardcover: 192 pages

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These short stories approach their subjects from an array of perspectives, but what they share is freshness, surprise, and a compulsion to plumb some absolute extremes of American existence. National Book Award citation American Salvage is rich with local color and peopled with rural characters who love...

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American Savior: A Novel of Divine Politics

by Roland Merullo

Published: 2008-08-26

Kindle Edition: 321 pages

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What if Jesus suddenly appeared and announced that he planned to run for President of the United States? Yes, that Jesus. And what if a well-meaning but utterly inexperienced band of disciples not only helped him mount a seat-of-the-pants campaign but also ran it well, getting millions of...

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American Sniper: The Autobiography of the Most Lethal Sniper in U.S. Military History

by Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice

Published: 2013-01-29

Mass Market Paperback: 448 pages

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The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster movie which was nominated for six academy awards, including best picture.From 1999 to 2009, U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle recorded the most career sniper kills in United Sta...

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American Son: My Story

by Oscar(Author) ; Springer, Steve(With) De La Hoya

Published: 2008

Hardcover: 288 pages

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American Sphinx: The Character of Thomas Jefferson

by Joseph J. Ellis

Published: 1998-04-07

Paperback: 440 pages

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National Bestseller For a man who insisted that life on the public stage was not what he had in mind, Thomas Jefferson certainly spent a great deal of time in the spotlight--and not only during his active political career. After 1809, his longed-for retirement was compromised by a steady ...

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American Tapestry: The Story of the Black, White, and Multiracial Ancestors of Michelle Obama

by Rachel L. Swarns

Published: 2012-06-19

Paperback: 391 pages

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Michelle Obama's family saga is a remarkable, quintessentially American story?a journey from slavery to the White House in five generations. Yet, until now, little has been reported on the First Lady's roots. Prodigiously researched, American Tapestry traces the complex and fascinating...

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American Terrorist: Timothy McVeigh & the Oklahoma City Bombing

by Lou Michel, Dan Herbeck

Published: 2003-09

Hardcover: 426 pages

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April 19, 1995. The Alfred P. Murrah Building in Oklahoma City is ravaged by a vicious bombing that claims 168 innocent lives. Two years later, 29-year-old Timothy McVeigh, a decorated Gulf War veteran, is convicted of the crime and sentenced to death. Most of America knows his name. But o...